VX220 or S2000 - in 18 months time :p

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Rhyzz said:
ironing?

And what opinion might that be DD, that you seem to think i'd make up what cars I own?
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DrDee said:
Your blanket posts on FWD cars make you look like an idiot
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Ironing, I believe he is trying to say Irony in a funny way, as in, you say journalists talk crap when he thinks it is you who is in fact the crap talker.

And yes, I doubt you own the cars you claim to, I do not know you nor do I care enough to go through your post history, but I do not believe anyone could post such rubbish and own both a Carrera 4S and a VX220 Turbo.

Feel free to prove you do.
 
Rhyzz, to be fair, I've never met anyone who remotely interested in cars who's been so critical of FWD. Fair enough to say "I prefer FWD" but to pretty much declare them crap and no fun, just doesn't add up.

Either way...A message from one "Harry Metcalfe" which may help to clear things up.

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Seems this feature has really stirred up debate judging by some of the forum threads out there, our in-box has been buzzing this the issue arrived with subscribers too so I thought I'd try and shed some light as to how the list was compiled in the first place.

First off, each of the ten judges taking part were asked to send in a list of their top twenty drivers cars, numbered 1 to 20. This could only include production cars built between 1959-2009.
Once these results were in we could then compile the final list of winning cars and set about sourcing the top ten to take part in the road test to decide the winner.

To give you a flavour of the voting, my list (in no particular order) was;
BMW M3 CS
Caterham
Aston Vantage V12 (latest version)
Ariel Atom
340R/Elise Mk. 1
Ferrari 275 quad cam or 250 SWB
Ferrari 550
Ferrari F40
911 GT3 Mk. 1
Audi R8 V8
Ford RS2000/Mexico
Honda Integra
Jaguar D type
Ghibli Cup
MX-5
Mini Cooper S, original
Skyline R33
Clio 200 Cup
Subaru P1
TVR Griffith 4.0litre, so long as it was a sorted one.

So not a Trophy, Zonda or Elan to be seen, they must have been voted in by the other judges taking part.

As for the test itself, the 340R replaced the Elise SC we'd brought up originally as after driving it on the first day a majority of the judges felt we needed a 'K' engined Elise variant present on this test and not the latest Toyota powered version. The quickest way to achieve this was for me to go and fetch my 340R and so that's what we did.
I've always been a massive fan of the 340R, especially on road but even I was surprised as to how good it felt in Wales but then it does have tasty extras like the close ratio gearbox, slippy diff and 190bhp upgrades fitted. Plus the tyres have just been replaced.

I'm sure this debate will continue to roll but that's the nature of these things. You can never produce a definitive list as we all like different things in our cars.
One thing I can assure you is no car was discounted because it was unavailable on the day. If we can get a Muria SV to drive with the LP670 SV, or a Veyron to go head to head with a GT-R, then we wouldn't of had any problems sourcing any of the cars in this list. Sorry Barry.

Harry Metcalfe
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aha but its in the list, as so is a ferrari and its topped by a supercar, again i alluded to this the other post too.

just shows how out of sync the 'autocar' or whatever it was publication is in terms of handlers/drivers cars!

seriously if you have ever driven a Caterham, its an experience you wont forget and u will leave thinking, 'ive got to buy one for a weekend warrior!!'

also, they put the r26r th right way around and ditched the Focus...as per top gear, and numerous others, they find the megane simply better than both in handling/driverscars ability!
 
MX5's are brilliant and it's a relief to see the M3 at the top of that list.

What's the point in posting pictures of cars I own, that would suggest that I care about being called a liar...which I simply don't I'm afraid.
 
Rhyzz said:
MX5's are brilliant and it's a relief to see the M3 at the top of that list.

What's the point in posting pictures of cars I own, that would suggest that I care about being called a liar...which I simply don't I'm afraid.
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Lol, OK.

To be fair, even if you do own them (which is looking more and more like you don't as you continue to post in this thread)

You have still come across as an idiot when it comes to FWD cars, has the fact that 2 are in the Evo top 10 completely passed you by?
 
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Just because he quite vocally doesn't like FWD doesn't make him a liar. I see no reason to believe that and IMO it's quite petty to even bring it up.

Anyway, I think this thread has passed its sell-by date. Tune in next time folks :D
 
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